Daphne Elizabeth Trimble (née Orr) (Lady Trimble) is a Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 academic and former politician. Having served as a member of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland is a non-departmental public body in Northern Ireland established under the Northern Ireland Act 1998...

, she was appointed as a part-time Commissioner in the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission is a non-departmental public body funded through the Northern Ireland Office but operating independently of government as the national human rights institution for Northern Ireland...

 (NIHRC) in 2008, and publicly opposed its proposals for a Bill of Rights

Bill of rights

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 for Northern Ireland.

She resigned from the NIHRC to contest the UK Parliamentary election of May 2010, unsuccessfully, for the UCUNF

Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force

The Ulster Conservatives and Unionists, officially registered as the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force , is a bipartisan electoral alliance in Northern Ireland between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Northern Ireland branch of the Conservative Party, the latter party also being...

 in the Lagan Valley

Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Lagan Valley is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.- Boundaries :The seat was created in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from parts of South Antrim and North Down. In their original...

 constituency.

After graduating in Law from Queen's University Belfast, she married her former lecturer David Trimble

David Trimble

William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC , is a politician from Northern Ireland. He served as Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party , was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland , and was a Member of the British Parliament . He is currently a life peer for the Conservative Party...

 in August 1978, acquiring the courtesy title of Lady on his elevation in June 2006 to the House of Lords

House of Lords

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. They have two sons and two daughters (Richard, Victoria, Nicholas, and Sarah).